PL ex. caL 
40. DIPSACEiE. 247. Scabiosa. 477 
V. 247. SCABIOSA. Brunsfel. Scabious . 
P ericline-scales lanceolate, imbricate, in many series; 
inner linear; clinanthus convex, hairy; chaffs 0; outer calyx 
free, 4-cut ; inner m any-cut, lobes bristlelike, unequal ; co- 
rolla 4 or 5-cut; stamens 4 or 5, exserted; akenium 1 -seeded* 
4-sided, free, crowned with the inner calyx. 
Scabiosa arvensis, Field scabious . 
Stem branched, hispid ; leaves pinnatifid-cut ; corolla 
4- cut, radiating. 
Scabiosa major communior folio laciniato, Rail Syn. 191, 1. 
■Scabiosa major vulgaris, Ger. em. 719, 1. 
Scabiosa vulgaris pratensis. Park. 484. 
Scabiosa arvensis, Lin. S. P. 143. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial ; July. 
Stem 3 feet high, hairy, hairs deflexed ; corolla light 
purple or white. 
|3. integrifolia . Leaves not cut. 
y. cequalis . Inner flowers , same length and shape as 
the outer. 
Fam. VI. 41. VALERIANEiE. De Candolle. Dipsace - 
arum pars 9 Jussieu. 
Calyx adherent to the ovary, 5-cut, upright or pappose; 
pappus revolute ; corolla tubular, on the tip of the ovary, 
5- lobed, often unequal ; stamens 1 to 3, in the tube of the 
corolla; style 1 ; stigmata 1 to 3; carcerule 1 to 3 -celled ; 
cells 1 -seeded, often abortive; seeds inverse; perisperm 0; 
corculum straight ; radicle above. — Stern herbaceous ; 
leaves opposite ; flowers corymbose or panicled. 
Calyx pappose ; pappus featherlike ; 
corolla spurless Valeriana. 248. 
Calyx pappose ; pappus featherlike ; 
xorolla spurred Centranthus. 249. 
Calyx toothed, persisting; 
corolla spurless Valerianella. 250. 
I. 248. VALERIANA. Pliny. Valerian . 
Calyx-limb at first revolute, afterwards evolved into a 
featherlike pappus ; corolla tubular, not spurred, rather 
unequal : stamens 3; carcerule 1 -seeded. 
